Monday, January 31, 2011

4th Grade - The word of the day was Obsolete. Obsolete means out of date; no longer in use or in fashion and sounds like Fleet. The pilgrim of the day was Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. As Dr. King was leading the civil rights protests, not only did adults want to participate, children did as well. During one of Birmingham's marches for equality, hundreds were arrested and horrible things happened to children as well as adults. America came to realize it was time for everyone to listen to Dr. King's words. The warm-up activity for the day was a puzzle that came from a National Geographic for Kids magazine. The puzzle was called, "What in the World." Students were given a close up view of eight refrigerated items and a word search puzzle to help them determine what the items were called. The affective lesson focused on the idea that being gifted means different things to different people. Students were to write what they were good at doing from their finger's perspective. We then spent some time repairing our aliens so they will look good for Open House on Feb. 10. The final activity was to build/draw a creature of Munrack without ruler that was 8 feet tall.